The Senate will today screen Professor Joash Amupitan for the post of the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had forwarded his name to the Senate for confirmation.
A letter to that effect was read on the floor of the Senate by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.
The Senate’s Director of Information, Bullah Audu Bi-Allah, announced the date of the screening in a circular issued on Wednesday.
He said the screening would take place in the Senate Chamber of the National Assembly Complex in Abuja.
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The statement reads: “The Office of the Secretary, Research and Information wishes to notify members of the Press and the general public that the Senate will on Thursday, 16th October, 2025, conduct the screening of the nominee of President Bola Tinubu, Prof. Joash Ojo Amupitan, as INEC Chairman.
“The exercise is scheduled to hold at the Senate Chamber, National Assembly Complex. Members of the Senate Press Corps are kindly requested to provide their usual media coverage and support to ensure adequate dissemination of information to the public.
“Similarly, television stations are expected to extend the usual courtesies of providing live coverage of the event.”
Amupitan will succeed Mahmood Yakubu if confirmed.
Yakubu exited on October 7, 2025.